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    Quote Originally Posted by Handsup View Post
    I hope the JR debacle was an aberration and this squad starts over.

    Whatever happened, and who is responsible is pure speculation. I might speculate that had a player been recruited to act as an example and mentor to young players and help deliver a 4th finish and European football,, for the first time in a decade, only to see a new manager bench the lot and play half fit strangers in their place, then bawl you out for pointing out that you had crushed the confidence of the young prospects…..maybe new manager lost the dressing room very early in his tenure. Maybe we need to draw a line under this chapter, and move on.
    That is possibly how it all panned out mate,good post.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Handsup View Post
    I hope the JR debacle was an aberration and this squad starts over.

    Whatever happened, and who is responsible is pure speculation. I might speculate that had a player been recruited to act as an example and mentor to young players and help deliver a 4th finish and European football,, for the first time in a decade, only to see a new manager bench the lot and play half fit strangers in their place, then bawl you out for pointing out that you had crushed the confidence of the young prospects…..maybe new manager lost the dressing room very early in his tenure. Maybe we need to draw a line under this chapter, and move on.
    After Googling 'aberration' 😜, I agree with you. That's why I was so desperate to get rid of Ross. Any longer and we'd be in an almost insurmountable position that would've taken us back years. Thankfully we've acted early enough that this group of players can regroup, rebuild their confidence and get playing football again. This whole episode is surely an indicator for TA & MO that a manager of the ilk of Ross isn't the right fit for our club. He was clearly his own man who wanted to do things his way. What it says about our players doesn't bode particularly well, but I guess that's where we are with this squad.

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    Maybe if JR had stuck to what did work before and try and drip feed his changes, things might have worked out better.

    I honestly have no idea who to blame (not that I want to) and the rumours/fake news are getting unbelievable.

    But........ "If" we go back to a similar "Tam" formation under Fox , then it might shed (nae pun intended) some light on why we did so well , and why, mostly the same players have fell apart.

    Freeman or Smith.... Graham. Edwards. Mulgrew....McMann... until further notice. If that doesn't work and settle things down again... then, there is a much bigger problem...

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    Quote Originally Posted by JamesMcClean View Post
    Butcher situation was 100% Butcher. We can dissect how it may have been subsequently managed, but the bottom line is that if he’d kept it in his pants he would still currently be a Dundee United player. A tough tackling take no schit central defensive midfield Dundee United player at that.
    We can all agree to that. 😂😂😂

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yeats 62 View Post
    Maybe if JR had stuck to what did work before and try and drip feed his changes, things might have worked out better.

    I honestly have no idea who to blame (not that I want to) and the rumours/fake news are getting unbelievable.

    But........ "If" we go back to a similar "Tam" formation under Fox , then it might shed (nae pun intended) some light on why we did so well , and why, mostly the same players have fell apart.

    Freeman or Smith.... Graham. Edwards. Mulgrew....McMann... until further notice. If that doesn't work and settle things down again... then, there is a much bigger problem...
    You'd like to think Fox knows why it worked under Tam and why it hasn't under Ross. Intrigued to see how we line up tomorrow now. McMann however is f*cking awful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tHeArAb View Post
    You'd like to think Fox knows why it worked under Tam and why it hasn't under Ross. Intrigued to see how we line up tomorrow now. McMann however is f*cking awful.
    Maybe with Fox in charge we go back to Mulgrew having influence and input and we get another 2-1 defeat away to Livi and a win v Motherwell at the weekend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tHeArAb View Post
    You'd like to think Fox knows why it worked under Tam and why it hasn't under Ross. Intrigued to see how we line up tomorrow now. McMann however is f*cking awful.
    Well there we have it. Back 3/5 . 2 wingbacks. almost identical players in their identical positions when we were hard to beat.
    Apart from your correct comment on McMann, replaced by Behich.

    Don't want to jinx things , but we are up for it tonight, that's for sure... even Watt has woken up ...

    What we take from this , I don't know, but obviously JR wasn't the correct fit.
    Last edited by Yeats 62; 31-08-2022 at 07:20 PM. Reason: PS: 0-2 forgot to mention the score. (hopefully not jinxed)

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    Big Dunc has thrown his hat into the ring.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tHeArAb View Post
    Big Dunc has thrown his hat into the ring.
    Hope he knocks the phuck out of these so-called professionals, as he did to these burglars.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tHeArAb View Post
    Big Dunc has thrown his hat into the ring.
    I guess that would go down well with the fans but does Asghar give a f*** what the supporters want.

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